With the popularity of the Paris Olympics, not only has a new round of global fashion and art consumption boom been triggered, but AI and AI-related innovative technology products have also been showcased. The smart rings on the hands of some athletes have also become a new fashion product that many audiences are asking about.
The application of smart rings in the Olympics is mainly focused on the health monitoring and performance analysis of athletes. In recent years, with the development of wearable technology, smart rings have gradually been adopted by some athletes and teams to help them optimize training, competition strategies and monitor health conditions. Including health monitoring, fatigue management, recovery tracking, performance analysis, etc.
In fact, some athletes already used smart rings at the last Tokyo 2020 Olympics. For example, Oura Ring is used by some American athletes and coaches for health monitoring and early detection of COVID-19 symptoms. In addition, Olympic teams in some countries are also exploring these technologies in order to improve performance through scientific data.
Recently, Oura Ring also submitted a new smart ring that passed the FCC certification, namely OA11 and OA12. It is reported that these two smart rings have added some sensors and will also release the meal recording application that is being prepared for launch.
Oura Ring acquired the digital identity signal platform Proxy in 2023, and the near-field payment function will also be integrated into the new smart ring.
The smart ring that has performed well in the consumer market recently should be the Galaxy Ring, which Samsung just released this year. Samsung’s positioning of the product is: Welcome to the new era of GalaxyAI health. Galaxy Ring is light and comfortable, with a width of 7mm, a thickness of 2.6mm, and a weight of 2.3g.
Galaxy Ring has three sensor technologies. Samsung Bio Active biosensor can monitor heart rate and understand heart condition in real time; skin temperature sensor can realize regular reading of skin temperature changes during sleep; acceleration sensor monitors body movement and activity in a timely manner.
Then, the energy score provided by the Samsung Health app is used to comprehensively analyze sleep patterns, physical activities, and heart rate. The results are scored in an easy-to-understand way to let users know their physical condition. With the help of Galaxy AI, they can also develop targeted sports training plans. You can check the comprehensive health report compiled by GalaxyAI.
This generation of Galaxy Ring also uses acceleration sensors to control the paired Samsung Galaxy smartphone with simple gestures. You only need to pinch your thumb and the finger wearing the Galaxy Ring twice to take a photo or turn off the alarm reminder.
The titanium frame used by Galaxy Ring is durable and has a waterproof rating of 10ATM. The battery life is more than one week, which basically solves the problem of wearing it all day long. For this reason, Galaxy Ring has become an important part of Samsung’s Samsung Health product matrix.
According to the news from the supply chain, the initial order of 400,000 Galaxy Rings has been basically completed. Due to the good market response, especially in the Chinese mainland market, which is no longer the focus of Samsung’s business, the sales performance is unexpectedly better. Samsung recently added a new order of 600,000 units to be produced in Samsung Vietnam. It can be considered that Samsung’s Galaxy Ring can at least complete sales of 1 million units this year, which is far higher than Samsung’s initial goal.
Industry analysis said that as the world’s major smart ring OEM market, China’s market education and new function trials are better than other places, so it is normal to show more interest in Samsung’s Galaxy Ring. However, whether this enthusiasm can continue in the future, it will take a comparison of the functional performance of smart rings from more brands to truly demonstrate the competitiveness of the product.
Regarding the unexpected market performance of Samsung Galaxy Ring, there are news from the industry chain that Apple has also accelerated the R&D layout of its products and is consulting supply chain companies on the development of new materials related to smart rings.
Apple’s latest smart ring patent shows that in addition to wearing an inner ring with similar functions and designs to traditional smart rings on the market, Apple has also copied the custom rotating crown function on the Apple Watch to a sliding smart ring outer ring. By pulling the outer ring of the smart ring, more interactive functions that other smart rings on the market cannot provide can be achieved, such as rotating the outer ring to perform precise coordinate interactive actions similar to stepper motors, accurately controlling the actions of paired smart products or interactive operations that display displacement, etc.
Perhaps the smart ring industry is also waiting for an Apple Ring moment.
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